How Patience Can Help You Find Your Purpose
A two-year study suggests practicing patience may be critical to finding and pursuing purpose.
A two-year study suggests practicing patience may be critical to finding and pursuing purpose.
Here's what Courtney E. Martin has learned from 10 years of living in an intentional community in Oakland, California.
If we want to build a more equitable society, we need to cultivate the courage required for difficult conversations about race.
Vicki Larson shares how two age-gap affairs changed her life—and the science behind relationships between much older and younger people.
Courtney E. Martin has spent her adult life dismantling the dark side of her longing to be of service to others.
What can African American history tell us about the cultivation of well-being?
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Choosing love over hate can be difficult, but ultimately it may be the path to healing for ourselves and our society.
We can bounce back better from a disappointment if we pay more attention to our internal dialogue.
John and Julie Gottman explain what to do—and what to avoid—so your arguments actually make your relationship stronger.
While anger gets a bad rap, studies suggest it can help us achieve difficult goals, if used wisely.
Our guest tried a practice in radical acceptance, a Buddhist principle made popular by today's expert, psychologist Tara Brach.
A meditation in meeting our most difficult emotions—like anger, disappointment, or fear—with mindfulness and gentle care.
Self-control isn’t always a good thing. Being "overcontrolled" can be bad for your mental health.
A new study suggests that when people respond enthusiastically to our good news, we feel more grateful and closer to them—especially as we age.
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